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1958 Map of Big Delta D-3

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Big Delta D-3
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The Military Reservation occupies a massive corridor of this interior Alaskan landscape, surveyed during the early 1950s. The terrain is defined by a dense network of drainages feeding into the Salcha River and its prominent North Fork Salcha River. The presence of a lone Cabin near the river fork suggests the sparse human footprint in this wilderness area at the time of the survey.

Prospecting and wilderness navigation are reflected in the nomenclature of the waterways, including Gold Creek, Bonanza Creek, and Black Bear Creek. These names, along with others like Shamrock Creek and Teuchet Creek, point to the area's history of exploration. A surveyed Base Line bisects the quadrangle, serving as a critical reference for the early mapping of the Fairbanks North Star region before modern development or major infrastructure reached this specific section of the interior.